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Copper(I)-Catalyzed Acylation/Cyclization of 2-Aryl-N-acryloyl Indole toward Indolo[2,1-α]isoquinoline Derivatives

  • Mengna Yang ,
  • Yucai Tang ,
  • Jie Jiang ,
  • Jiali Li ,
  • Ruohan Pan ,
  • Yu Chen ,
  • Jinglin Duan ,
  • Songbai Zhang
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  • Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Electroplating Wastewater Reuse Technology, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Treatment Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, Hunan 415000

Received date: 2024-05-21

  Revised date: 2024-06-26

  Online published: 2024-07-25

Supported by

Scientific Research Foundation of Hunan Provincial Education Department(23B0650); Scientific Research Foundation of Hunan Provincial Education Department(23A0503); Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(2022JJ30419); Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students(S202110549001S)

Abstract

Indole[2,1-α]isoquinolines are an important class of bioactive molecules and show good antibacterial activity. In the present study, an efficient copper(I)-catalyzed acylation/cyclization has been developed for the construction of indolo[2,1- α]isoquinoline derivatives by utilizing 2-aryl-N-acryloyl indole and benzohydrazide as reactants in the presence of CuI as catalyst and tert-butyl hydroperoxide as oxidant. The present protocol exhibits good functional group tolerance, and a series of acylated indole[2,1-α]isoquinolines were synthesized in moderate to good yields. Radical trapping experiments indicated that the reaction may involve a radical process.

Cite this article

Mengna Yang , Yucai Tang , Jie Jiang , Jiali Li , Ruohan Pan , Yu Chen , Jinglin Duan , Songbai Zhang . Copper(I)-Catalyzed Acylation/Cyclization of 2-Aryl-N-acryloyl Indole toward Indolo[2,1-α]isoquinoline Derivatives[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2025 , 45(1) : 307 -318 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202405027

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